Vicki Beeby > Quotes

“History was being written and the women’s roles in it were being ignored.”
― Vicki Beeby, Victory for the Ops Room Girls

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― Vicki Beeby, High Hopes for the Bomber Girls: A gripping and emotional WW2 historical novel

“his eyes and”
― Vicki Beeby, A Wedding for the Bomber Girls

“Greg took a brief look and shuddered, then hastily arranged Max’s clothes to cover the wound. He laid a hand over Max’s chilled forehead. ‘See you on the other side, mate. Save me a place at the bar.”
― Vicki Beeby, The Girls of Bomber Command

“The officers were diagnosed with shell shock and sent back to Britain for treatment. The Tommies were accused of malingering and shot. It’s the same old story. The working classes are always treated as though they have no feelings.”
― Vicki Beeby, A Wedding for the Bomber Girls

“Your Italian lad’s got a mother at home who’s probably worried sick about him, as I am for my poor Don. I’d like to think there are generous women looking out for our boys who are POWs in Germany. At times like this, when the world is filled with hate and suspicion, I think we women need to set an example and remind people about the power of compassion.”
― Vicki Beeby, A Wrens' Wartime Christmas

“It was one of the consequences of the war: it flung people together who would otherwise have never met or had anything in common. But somehow the old way of doing things, the importance of learning about a person’s background, didn’t seem relevant any more. The only thing that mattered was the here and now. She would enjoy today, for who knew how many days of sunshine and freedom were left to them?”
― Vicki Beeby, The Ops Room Girls